luxurious robe and succulent meal for years to come, the 

 sio-hl is indee.l a sorrowtul one. Soon these ghastly piles 

 ori.oneswiU he carried away and nolhin- left to mark 

 the haunts and history of the huffalo except tradition and 

 the scarred sides of the slopes and vallevs where he dug 



out his ■' wallow." 



The covote we saw ver.N- often after passing Moose- 

 j,,w; also foxes and badgers, and as for gophers, their 

 n.une is le-ion. Wild geese, ducks and snipe we also 

 saw on manv fresh water ponds and lakes. To-morrow, 

 the i^th, the close season for the prairie chicken expires, 

 .„,! thousands of guns will be cracking away during the 

 dav and to the end of the season. We start out at four m 

 the nmrning and expect to have a chance at a flock ot wdd 

 geese that settle towards sundown in some wheat stubV,le 

 a half nnle trom here. We also intend trying our guns 

 on the idump and gamey inairie hen. 



This afternoon we were out snipe shooting for a few 

 hours, and uu <.ur tramp passed cpnte a number of Indian 

 tents and villages, but neither the Indians nor their mot- 

 lev variety of dogs paid any attention to us, excepting 

 oue old buck with a red blanket thrown over his shoul- 

 ders. This fellow iollowed us silently around, watching 

 us intently, and although saying nothing seemed to be 

 piling up a lot of thinking. 



A partv of ladies and gentlemen are expected here 

 U)-morrow 'in their private car on a shooting trip to the 

 coast Thev eat an-l sleep in the car, and have been, so 

 far verv successful in shooting and fishing. We passed 

 them twentv miles away this forenoon. They expect to 

 start from here on a side hunt for antelope and bears. 



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